Question Time: everything you ever wanted to know about how to write great fiction, raise your writing to the next level, attract an agent and get published.
Based on the format of the popular BBC TV programme Question Timewith David Dimbleby, Storyville Question Time is a literary panel event. You email us your burning questions about writing and the industry in advance. Our panel of experts will then sift through them and pick the best questions to focus on on the night. The panellists are enthusiastic and passionate about helping you further your career, so will aim to cover A LOT of ground and get through as many questions as they possibly can in two hours.
The Storyville Question Time panel includes Maxine Hitchcock, an Editorial Director at HarperCollins; top children’s author Lee Weatherly; and Helen Corner, the founder of top literary consultancy, Cornerstones, which has launched the careers of over 50 writers. The evening will be hosted by Storyville co-founder and writer, Justina Hart. More on Question Time...
Date: Monday 29th September 2008
Time: 7pm-9pm
Price: £30
Location: Adam Street Club, 9 Adam Street, London WC2N 6AA (nearest tube Charing Cross)
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HOW TO SEND YOUR QUESTIONS:
• ONCE YOU HAVE PAID, PLEASE EMAIL YOUR TWO QUESTIONS TO justinahart@mac.com.
• THE CUT-OFF DATE FOR EMAILING YOUR QUESTIONS IS MONDAY 15TH SEPTEMBER, TO GIVE PANELLISTS ENOUGH TIME TO CHOOSE WHICH TO ANSWER.
• AFTER THIS TIME, YOU CAN STILL BOOK BUT ANY QUESTIONS YOU EMAIL WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.
• PLEASE BRING YOUR QUESTIONS ON THE NIGHT, AS YOU MAY BE ASKED TO READ THEM OUT!
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More about our panel:
Lee Weatherly is an award-winning children’s author. Her popular novels for young teenagers include Child X, Missing Abby and Kat Got Your Tongue. For younger readers, Lee is the author of a multi-book fantasy series called Glitterwings Academy (writing as Titania Woods), as well as the upcoming series Pocket Cats; she is also the author of two picture books. For adults, Lee is the co-author of Teach Yourself How to Write a Blockbuster, and is a gifted writing coach, teaching workshop courses across southeast England.
Maxine Hitchcock is co-founder and Editorial Director of Avon, HarperCollins’ new crime, thriller, and commercial women's fiction division. Authors include thriller writer Lee Weeks and saga author Kitty Neale, who have already gone on to become Sunday Times bestsellers. Prior to that, Maxine worked for the commercial women’s fiction division at HarperCollins with authors such as Jenny Colgan, Cathy Kelly and number one bestselling authors Cecelia Ahern and Lauren Weisberger. She also published the Sunday Times top 10 bestseller The Yummy Mummy’s Survival Guide.
Helen Corner started off at Viking and Hamish Hamilton, Penguin. Ten years ago she founded Cornerstones and Kids’Corner, a leading UK literary consultancy. Cornerstones is an editing house that gives feedback on manuscripts and runs self-edit workshops on how to revise and perfect your novel. A main part of what Cornerstones does is scout for leading literary agents; in this capacity it has launched over 50 writers. Together with Lee Weatherly, Helen Corner also wrote, Teach Yourself: Writing a Blockbuster (Hodder, 2006), commissioned as a result of their successful workshop teaching techniques.
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